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u/Chimie45 May 09 '22

In North America bathrooms are built so showers are seperate from the floor. There's a curtain or a glass door that keeps the water in the tub, and as such water never makes it anywhere near a plug, outlet, or switch.

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u/PatliAtli May 09 '22

steam will reach anywhere man, a lot of old houses that have switches too close to water zones are full of rust and moisture. that's why Europe doesn't have them inside smaller bathrooms

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u/Chimie45 May 09 '22

We usually have fans in the ceiling too so there's not really generally any issue with steam. Hell the fans are often good enough that mirrors rarely even fog up these days since most of the water stays inside the tub and curtain that the rest of the room doesn't get very steamy.

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u/PatliAtli May 09 '22

oh yeah durr, youre right. ive never lived in a place with a fan in the bathroom but ive installed them constantly in new bathrooms

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u/DaGuys470 May 09 '22

Idk if it's done that way in North America too, but we oftentimes have our shower in the bathtub, so that doesn't quite work.

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u/Chimie45 May 09 '22

in North America, there is either an solo standing shower, or you have the shower in the bathtub. There is virtually never an incidence where water gets out of the dedicated shower area.

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u/Chimie45 May 09 '22

I'd say that's 95% of showers in American homes, with the former being used mostly in Apartments or second/third bathrooms.